In 2006, Dr. Rahul Jandial became a medical contributor to 10News with regular appearances on the 11 a.m. news and for developing stories. Bringing his vision for presenting both health and medical science information to the general audience, Dr. Jandial is now the ABC-10News Health & Science Correspondent.
Jandial received his bachelor's degree with honors from the University of California, Berkeley in Molecular and Cell biology. Subsequently, he completed his Medical Degree at University of Southern California and graduated as Dean's Scholar. Jandial is presently a Senior Research Associate & Fellow at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Children's Hospital San Diego, and Division of Neurological Surgery, Department of Surgery at the UCSD Medical Center. He is also an Instructor for UCSD Division of Biological Sciences.
As part of his commitment to academic surgery and basic science, Dr. Jandial has authored and is in the process of writing books on various fields including: neurosurgery, spine disorders, head injury, hospital procedures, neuroscience, and brain and spine regeneration. In addition Jandial has published over 25 articles and book chapters.
In his commitment to service of the wider community, Dr. Jandial founded and directs an organization that along with Children's Lifeline brings medicines, equipment, and teaching to pediatric hospitals at home, as well as internationally in Peru, Ukraine, Bolivia, and Zambia.
Jandial hopes to make understandable the increasing amount of discoveries in the medical and scientific arenas to the viewers, by also providing the message and meaning of the information. Dr. Jandial was recently recognized by the San Diego Metropolitan Magazine as SD's Brightest under 40, American Association for Neurological Surgery for Public Service, Research Award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and American Medical Association for Excellence and Leadership in Medicine.
Jandial lives in San Diego with his wife Danielle, who is also a physician and works at the UCSD Moores Cancer center, and his three sons: Zain, Kai, and Ronak.
